Self Critique: Penny For Your Foughts

Project name: PENNY FOR YOUR FOUGHTS

Initial idea: It was all over the place from dancing to fights.

Source of idea and importance: The idea of fighting for luck. (Throwing a penny into a well, but that idea didn't work out)

Desired experience/emotion evoked in audience: Amusement/Humor

Synopsis of story: Two friends are walking together when person A finds a lucky penny. Person B yanks the penny from person A, and the fight begins.

Theme/Premise of piece discovered after finishing it: Don't snatch things out of people's hands. Don't just go and fight. It's a lose-lose situation, and, who knows?, both parties lose what they wanted in the first place.

Strengths in film: Some match on actions are really nice (like when Amber snatches the penny away)

Problem areas: Continuity errors when Mercedes is picking up the coin. Sometimes, the actor isn't on the rule of thirds line, but smack in the middle. Lighting needs work, it's too dark at times. The part where Mercedes knocks the penny out of Amber's hand is way too fast. It needs to be slowed down. The transition from the two girls on the roof to the penny falling on the ground needs to be fixed.

Suggestions: Take notes on what they do, what hand they pick things up, what motions they do before they redo the motion in a cut in.

Notes on learning process, discoveries, and frustrations: Everyone had different ideas how the shots should be. But the process began to get easier as the group had a better idea what to do.